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Chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain, who moonlights as a relentless crusader against perceived food world injustices, has apparently dropped the hammer on grassroots food revolutionary Alice Waters in an interview with DCist: 
Bourdain, in happier times, last September
“Alice Waters annoys the living shit out of me. We're all in the middle of a recession, like we're all going to start buying expensive organic food and running to the green market. There's something very Khmer Rouge about Alice Waters that has become unrealistic.”Bourdain added:
“I'm a little reluctant to admit that maybe Americans are too stupid to figure out that the food we're eating is killing us. But I don't know if it's time to send out special squads to close all the McDonald's.”Crankiness aside, Bourdain was likely referring not only to Waters’ recent open letter to the Obamas, but also her offer to serve in a entirely non-cheeky food policy position in the new administration, a so-called “kitchen cabinet.” Meanwhile, Bourdain, who has a habit of talking about serious things while exhorting people not to take anything too seriously, also told DCist, “The threshold for celebrity is so low these days,” referring to his own celebrity status. “Those people on The Hills make a f**king living off it. So I don't think I should be patting myself on the back about anything.”
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I guess Bourdain won't being going to visit Alice Waters on the next season of "No Reservations."
Well he talked a lot of trash on Emeril but did eventually eat crow and did an episode on him.
MickeeDee is expensive in the long run. the obesity and heart problems related to fast cost is costing us all money. we subsidize a lot of the medical treatment for the poor and uneducated who are the majority customers of McDonald. So McDonalds makes us sick and gets richer.
http://www.drmcdougall.com/
Great site for health and diet programs.
The threshold for celebrity is so low these days? Clearly, Bourdain never saw Sandra Lee bake a Kwanzaa cake.
Let's see: a real Chef who doesn't take himself too seriously and a hostess who pretends to be a chef and takes herself way too seriously.
I appreciate what he's saying but it's a bit misleading to talk about shopping organic and shopping greenmarkets this way in the same sentence. Yes, organic food is more expensive, but the produce at our greenmarkets (1) is not all organic and (2) is often not much more expensive than the produce in our grocery stores, and in some cases is even cheaper. (Leaving aside museum-quality greenmarket heirloom tomatoes, which do cost a fortune). I don't think it helps anyone to talk about greenmarkets as if they are trendy boutiques. If some shitty people think of them that way, that's their issue, but let's not pretend that view is mandatory.
You are quite right. Too many people think of the greenmarket at Union Square is typical, but if they bothered to visit the ones in less pricey areas, they would be surprised. Don't believe for a minute expensive heirloom tomatoes have a huge following at the South Bronx greenmarket.
This is interesting: http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/costsmore082405.cfm
I agree with his critique of that Spain show.
See Anthony and Alice continue the conversation LIVE!
Anthony Bourdain will be appearing with Alice Waters AND Duff Goldman May 14, 2009 at The Connecticut Forum. For tickets, visit www.ctforum.org
He just rocks! He's highly opinionated, respected and admired in the food world and by foodies, nothing he said above is untrue. It IS more expensive to buy/eat organic, i do my best but, quite frankly can't afford to be ALL organic. Our FDA should be doing a better job of regulating the usage of pesticides etc and making organic living a much more accessible choice for all of us.
Bourdain is entertaining, but man, he sure does lack tact sometimes.